September 4 2012

12:54 AM

NORTON, Mass. — Monday’s final round of the Deutsche
Bank Championship, the second event in the FedExCup Playoffs, is
finished. Here’s a look at the key FedExCup moves and notes
from TPC Boston now that the field is reduced to the top 70 going
into Thursday’s BMW Championship.

NO. 1 WATCH: With his victory, Rory McIlroy
moved from fourth to first in the FedExCup. McIlroy, who also
happens to be the world No. 1, spent two weeks atop the FedExCup
standings during the regular season. He was second after he won the
PGA Championship, third entering the FedExCup Playoffs and fourth
after he tied for 24th last week at The Barclays. McIlroy's
ascension to the top meant last week's winner, Nick Watney dropped
to No. 2.

BIGGEST MOVERS: Here are the biggest movers in the
FedExCup standings after the Deutsche Bank Championship:

Player

Scoreboard position

FEC rank last week

FEC rank after Rd. 3

Movement

Bryce Molder

9th

93

45

+48

Jeff Overton

T-7th

83

40

+43

Dicky Pride

T-20th

96

40

+26

Troy Matteson

T-20th

78

59

+19

Ryan Moore

T-10th

53

35

+18

D.A. Points

T-20th

72

54

+18

BUBBLE WATCH: The man on the hot seat entering the
BMW Championship is Kyle Stanley, who tied for 42nd at the Deutsche
Bank Championship and remained at No. 30 in the FedExCup standings.
Only the top 30 at the end of 72 holes at Crooked Stick
advance to play in the TOUR Championship by Coca-Cola where the
winner of the $10 million bonus will be decided. Stanley is 17
points ahead of Robert Garrigus. Neither has ever made the field at
East Lake.

TOP-FIVE WATCH: Only Tiger Woods remained the same
among the top five players, clocking in at No. 3 in the FedExCup
with his solo third at the Deutsche Bank Championship. Louis
Oosthuizen, who finished two strokes behind McIlroy in second on
Monday, is the only player to crack the all-important group, moving
in at No. 5 and displacing Zach Johnson, who dropped to eighth.
Brandt Snedeker fell from second to fourth. Oosthuizen is the only
player in the top five without a win this season.

MOVING IN/FALLING OUT: Only the top 70 in FedExCup
points advance to next week’s BMW Championship at Crooked
Stick in Carmel, Ind. Here’s a look at the players outside
the top 70 who moved inside and the players who fell outside after
the Deutsche Bank Championship.

Moving in

Movement

Falling out

Movement

Jeff Overton

83 to 40

Josh Teater

64 to 73

Bryce Molder

93 to 45

John Rollins

58 to 74

D.A. Points

72 to 54

Scott Stallings

61 to 75

Troy Matteson

78 to 59

Ken Duke

60 to 76

Matt Every

75 to 63

Harris English

63 to 79

Chris Kirk

81 to 66

Jonathan Byrd

69 to 82

Charl Schwartzel

71 to 68

Spencer Levin

66 to 83

Charley Hoffman

86 to 69

Charles Howell III

68 to 84

Dicky Pride

96 to 70

Brian Davis

70 to 85

ODDS & ENDS: Of the nine players who played
their way into the top 70 and made the field for the BMW
Championship, only two -- Charley Hoffman and Jeff Overton -- have
ever played in the TOUR Championship by Coca-Cola. Hoffman finished
sixth at East Lake in 2010 while Overton was 29th that year.
Overton goes in ranked the highest at 40th while Hoffman, who
started Monday’s final round projected at 42nd, dropped to
69th when he played the back nine at TPC Boston in 42. ...

Four 2012 winners -- Scott Stallings, J.J. Henry, George McNeill
and Ted Potter Jr. -- were eliminated from the Playoffs on Monday.
...

Troy Matteson started the final round projected at No. 64 and
actually moved up to No. 59 when he closed with a 69 and tied for
20th. Matteson, who came into the week at 78th, birdied three of
his last four holes to seal his spot in Indianapolis for just the
second time in the six-year history of the FedExCup Playoffs. He
has never played in the TOUR Championship by Coca-Cola. "There's
been a lot of times where my FedExCup year ended this week,"
Matteson said. "To be going on next week and Just to be playing
with 70 guys -- it's kind of my goal to get to the third one. I
would love to get to the last one. But if I can get to the third
FedExCUp event my year's been pretty successful. Obviously if I can
get to the las one it will have been extremely
successful."

Dicky Pride, who ended up moving from 96th to 70th at the
Deutsche Bank Championship, has never made the FedExCup Playoffs
prior to this year. He had added incentive to advance to the BMW --
his wife is from Muncie, Ind., and a good friend is the director of
golf at Crooked Stick. But Pride's spot wasn't assured until John
Merrick missed an eagle chip at the 18th hole. "I wanted to do it
really badly," Pride said. "... I was real excited. I felt for
John. I played with John the first couple days. I know how good
he's playing, and he just missed doing it. It would have been
tough, but I would have taken it." ...

Charl Schwartzel advanced despite a four-putt from 3 feet at the
18th hole during the third round. He birdied the same hole on
Monday, though. After the round said he wasn't sure he would be
able to play at Crooked Stick because the rib injury that sidelined
him for a month earlier this summer had resurfaced. "Maybe we'll
have to get some rest and maybe it'll be OK, but it's very
uncomfortable at the moment,” Schwartzel said. The Deutsche
Bank Championship was Schwartzel's seventh straight event, getting
his total for the year to 15 so he could fulfill his TOUR
membership requirements.